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PUG
pug, pug-dog
(noun) small compact smooth-coated breed of Asiatic origin having a tightly curled tail and broad flat wrinkled muzzle
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
pug (plural pugs)
A small dog of an ancient breed originating in China, having a snub nose, wrinkled face, squarish body, short smooth hair, and curled tail. [from the 18th c]
Synonyms: Chinese pug, Dutch bulldog, Dutch mastiff, mini mastiff, mops, carlin, pugdog
A bargeman. [from the 16th c]
(obsolete) chaff; the refuse of grain
Any geometrid moth of the genus Eupithecia.
Etymology 2
Noun
pug (plural pugs)
(obsolete) An elf or hobgoblin.
An upper servant in a great house. [from the 19th c]
A harlot; a prostitute. [circa 1600]
Synonyms
• (mythological creature): puck, goblin, fairy
Etymology 3
Noun
pug (plural pugs)
(informal) One who fights with fists; a boxer.
Etymology 4
Noun
pug (countable and uncountable, plural pugs)
Any compressed clay-like material mixed and worked into a soft, plastic condition for making bricks, pottery or for paving. (Also pug soil)
A pug mill.
Verb
pug (third-person singular simple present pugs, present participle pugging, simple past and past participle pugged)
(transitive) To mix and stir when wet.
(transitive) To fill or stop with clay by tamping; to fill in or spread with mortar, as a floor or partition, for the purpose of deadening sound.
Etymology 5
Noun
pug (plural pugs)
The pawprint or footprint of an animal
Synonyms
• pugmark
Etymology 6
Noun
pug (plural pugs)
(obsolete) A term of endearment. [from the 16th c]
Anagrams
• GPU, gup
Source: Wiktionary
Pug, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pugged; p. pr. & vb. n. Pugging.] Etym: [Cf. G. pucken to thump. beat.]
1. To mix and stir when wet, as clay for bricks, pottery, etc.
2. To fill or stop with clay by tamping; to fill in or spread with mortar, as a floor or partition, for the purpose of deadening sound. See Pugging, 2.
Pug, n.
1. Tempered clay; clay moistened and worked so as to be plastic.
2. A pug mill. Pug mill, a kind of mill for grinding and mixing clay, either for brickmaking or the fine arts; a clay mill. It consists essentially of an upright shaft armed with projecting knives, which is caused to revolve in a hollow cylinder, tub, or vat, in which the clay is placed.
Pug, n. Etym: [Corrupted fr. puck. See Puck.]
1. An elf, or a hobgoblin; also same as Puck. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
2. A name for a monkey. [Colloq.] Addison.
3. A name for a fox. [Prov. Eng.] C. Kingsley.
4. An intimate; a crony; a dear one. [Obs.] Lyly.
5. pl.
Definition: Chaff; the refuse of grain. [Obs.] Holland.
6. A prostitute. [Obs.] Cotgrave.
7. (Zoöl.)
Definition: One of a small breed of pet dogs having a short nose and head; a pug dog.
8. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Any geometrid moth of the genus Eupithecia.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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